Doctor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: Academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22

Table 324.25.Doctor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: Academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22
Field of study	2020-21	2021-22
All fields, total	194,052	690	22,529	22,254	275	17,042	16,486	108,057	5,769	23,479	203,884	724	22,853	22,577	276	18,490	17,662	112,595	6,222	25,338
Agriculture and natural resources¹	4,868	17	227	223	4	138	360	3,380	135	611	4,973	22	202	202	0	135	380	3,424	168	642
Architecture and related services	255	0	19	17	2	9	15	78	4	130	252	2	22	21	1	14	12	65	7	130
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	269	6	18	16	2	40	33	108	14	50	358	5	24	23	1	56	52	133	17	71
Biological and biomedical sciences	7,486	20	670	665	5	267	558	3,936	212	1,823	8,550	23	799	794	5	342	716	4,407	242	2,021
Business²	3,711	14	175	172	3	1,004	239	1,480	91	708	4,485	20	258	245	13	1,342	277	1,734	73	781

Communication, journalism, and related programs	532	3	25	25	0	42	22	267	21	152	601	1	27	27	0	31	25	314	20	183
Communications technologies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computer and information sciences and support services	2,573	1	182	181	1	144	78	656	31	1,481	2,790	2	207	205	2	154	74	677	40	1,636
Bildung	13,642	73	560	519	41	3,225	1,272	7,423	340	749	14,839	88	559	527	32	3,423	1,522	8,120	379	748
Technik	10,893	8	686	683	3	180	370	2,937	176	6,536	12,075	5	758	757	1	213	419	3,282	230	7,168

Engineering technologies³	205	1	23	23	0	20	1	72	0	88	168	0	25	25	0	20	2	60	4	57
English language and literature/letters	1,079	6	42	41	1	63	69	733	39	127	1,192	7	52	52	0	66	78	812	33	144
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	238	2	10	10	0	32	21	112	14	47	278	0	14	13	1	43	18	139	4	60
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	985	2	40	40	0	21	122	415	23	362	1,026	1	39	39	0	14	110	446	18	398
Health professions and related programs	85,569	278	16,000	15,855	145	6,849	7,154	49,825	2,758	2,705	87,750	294	15,811	15,659	152	7,242	7,490	51,314	2,939	2,660

Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting	239	0	3	2	1	60	20	139	7	10	291	4	7	7	0	61	27	162	6	24
Legal professions and studies	35,977	182	2,405	2,362	43	2,774	4,384	23,649	1,252	1,331	36,401	173	2,490	2,439	51	2,890	4,490	23,733	1,289	1,336
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities	90	1	2	2	0	18	8	51	3	7	107	0	4	4	0	13	9	71	3	7
Library science	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	3	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	0	4
Mathematics and statistics	1,958	1	109	109	0	26	75	649	33	1,065	2,209	2	128	127	1	32	72	719	50	1,206

Military technologies and applied sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	1,057	3	60	58	2	85	73	550	19	267	1,156	5	81	79	2	98	77	542	29	324
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology	326	0	10	9	1	28	17	203	14	54	323	2	9	9	0	23	14	191	10	74
Philosophy and religious studies	627	1	28	28	0	45	38	395	10	110	649	0	24	23	1	42	41	406	16	120
Physical sciences and science technologies	5,709	8	279	278	1	105	279	2,554	129	2,355	6,530	7	364	362	2	115	324	2,873	136	2,711

Precision production	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Psychology	6,365	33	370	362	8	708	688	3,936	247	383	6,685	24	394	390	4	773	749	4,122	254	369
Public administration and social services	1,437	10	88	85	3	423	130	588	45	153	1,568	12	66	64	2	448	151	675	30	186
Social sciences and history	4,161	9	202	198	4	209	257	1,956	87	1,441	4,480	12	219	215	4	223	292	2,102	106	1,526
Social sciences	3,469	8	188	184	4	177	197	1,507	72	1,320	3,758	8	199	195	4	184	238	1,630	84	1,415
History	692	1	14	14	0	32	60	449	15	121	722	4	20	20	0	39	54	472	22	111

Theology and religious vocations	2,100	8	174	169	5	478	112	1,042	30	256	2,347	11	141	141	0	623	128	1,151	59	234
Transportation and materials moving	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	0	6	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	0	3
Visual and performing arts	1,669	3	122	122	0	47	90	903	35	469	1,762	2	129	128	1	53	111	892	60	515
Other and not classified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
¹Includes Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and related fields; and Natural resources and conservation.
²Includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services; and Culinary, entertainment, and personal services.
³Includes Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields; Construction trades; and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs and U.S. service academies. Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of study, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Data in this table are based on the 2020 Classification of Instructional Programs. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions component, Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared October 2023.)

Table 324.25.Doctor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity and field of study: Academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22

Field of study

2020-21

2021-22

Total

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian/Pacific Islander

Black

Hispanic

White

Two or more races

Nonresident

Total

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian/Pacific Islander

Black

Hispanic

White

Two or more races

Nonresident

Total

Asian

Pacific Islander

Total

Asian

Pacific Islander

All fields, total

194,052

690

22,529

22,254

275

17,042

16,486

108,057

5,769

23,479

203,884

724

22,853

22,577

276

18,490

17,662

112,595

6,222

25,338

Agriculture and natural resources¹

4,868

227

223

138

360

3,380

135

611

4,973

202

135

380

3,424

168

642

Architecture and related services

255

130

252

130

Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies

269

108

358

133

Biological and biomedical sciences

7,486

670

665

267

558

3,936

212

1,823

8,550

799

794

342

716

4,407

242

2,021

Business²

3,711

175

172

1,004

239

1,480

708

4,485

258

245

1,342

277

1,734

781

Communication, journalism, and related programs

532

267

152

601

314

183

Communications technologies

Computer and information sciences and support services

2,573

182

181

144

656

1,481

2,790

207

205

154

677

1,636

Bildung

13,642

560

519

3,225

1,272

7,423

340

749

14,839

559

527

3,423

1,522

8,120

379

748

Technik

10,893

686

683

180

370

2,937

176

6,536

12,075

758

757

213

419

3,282

230

7,168

Engineering technologies³

205

168

English language and literature/letters

1,079

733

127

1,192

812

144

Family and consumer sciences/human sciences

238

112

278

139

Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics

985

122

415

362

1,026

110

446

398

Health professions and related programs

85,569

278

16,000

15,855

145

6,849

7,154

49,825

2,758

2,705

87,750

294

15,811

15,659

152

7,242

7,490

51,314

2,939

2,660

Homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting

239

139

291

162

Legal professions and studies

35,977

182

2,405

2,362

2,774

4,384

23,649

1,252

1,331

36,401

173

2,490

2,439

2,890

4,490

23,733

1,289

1,336

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and
humanities

107

Library science

Mathematics and statistics

1,958

109

649

1,065

2,209

128

127

719

1,206

Military technologies and applied sciences

Multi/interdisciplinary studies

1,057

550

267

1,156

542

324

Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology

326

203

323

191

Philosophy and religious studies

627

395

110

649

406

120

Physical sciences and science technologies

5,709

279

278

105

279

2,554

129

2,355

6,530

364

362

115

324

2,873

136

2,711

Precision production

Psychology

6,365

370

362

708

688

3,936

247

383

6,685

394

390

773

749

4,122

254

369

Public administration and social services

1,437

423

130

588

153

1,568

448

151

675

186

Social sciences and history

4,161

202

198

209

257

1,956

1,441

4,480

219

215

223

292

2,102

106

1,526

Social sciences

3,469

188

184

177

197

1,507

1,320

3,758

199

195

184

238

1,630

1,415

History

692

449

121

722

472

111

Theology and religious vocations

2,100

174

169

478

112

1,042

256

2,347

141

623

128

1,151

234

Transportation and materials moving

Visual and performing arts

1,669

122

903

469

1,762

129

128

111

892

515

Other and not classified

¹Includes Agricultural, animal, plant, veterinary science, and related fields; and Natural resources and conservation.

²Includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services; and Culinary, entertainment, and personal services.

³Includes Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields; Construction trades; and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs and U.S. service academies. Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Reported racial/ethnic distributions of students by level of degree, field of study, and sex were used to estimate race/ethnicity for students whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Data in this table are based on the 2020 Classification of Instructional Programs. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions component, Fall 2021 (final data) and Fall 2022 (provisional data). (This table was prepared October 2023.)